PROJECT

There is no doubt that the United States is the agricultural superpower of the
world. We probably have one of the best food production and distribution
systems in the entire world; in fact, it is the envy of many governments around
the world.

The use of GIS technologies is not a

new phenomenon in this sector, it has
been used for quite some time to
guide farmers as they harvest their
crops in difficult to navigate terrains.
Also, agricultural experts are even
making the full usage of UAVs to find new land areas which can be farmed in the
future.

In fact, the local government of Saint Kitts and Nevis has expressed, in the last
few weeks, plans of trying to adopt some of the production processes of the
U.S. Agricultural Industry. Nevis and Saint Kitts are two, tiny Caribbean islands.
The nation has a population of just 50,000 inhabitants, but it is facing escalating
food production costs.

In an effort to curtail this, a GIS Vendor, known as SuperGeo, has launched an

initiative entitled the “Vegetable, Fruit, and Upland Crop Quality and Safety
Improvement Project”. The primary objective of this new initiative is to help
introduce the SuperGIS Desktop line of software products. It has been designed
to improve the workflow and increase the productivity for farmers and
agriculture companies which are located in this region of the world.

Some examples of the use of this specialized GIS software include the following:

Mapping all of the production processes on the farm and developing more
cost-effective allocation techniques;
More accurately assessing fertilization and irrigation needs in a much more
precise fashion, thus assuring more levels of Quality Assurance (QA) in the raw
product;
In terms of actual crop production, agricultural consultants can now further
analyze the aspect, slope, etc. of the farmland to help the farmers utilize these
analyze the aspect, slope, etc. of the farmland to help the farmers utilize these
areas more efficiently.

GeoTel Communications, LLC, is the leading provider of telecommunications

infrastructure data in a geographic information system (GIS) and internet based
spatial technologies for over 15 years. GeoTel takes telecom infrastructure data
and makes it tangible. By layering this data in GIS software or by viewing it in
one of our web based platforms, we make it possible to analyze detailed fiber
optic maps and other telecom data sets throughout America. These integrated
data sets are digitized onto the highest quality street data and aerial imagery
available, providing companies and government entities with the leverage and
insight necessary to make informed location based and fiscally sound decisions.

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